Wireless Connection Problem

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

After resetting everything to default and going back through I found the problem. I have a wrt160N router, which is 2.4ghz only, not 5.0. After setting the Gaming Adapter to look for 2.4ghz, it worked right away. Guess I should have looked at the part number a little closer.

A local rookie team was also struggling with this yesterday - they received the WRT160N router as part of their kit. They followed Chapter 2 of the control system manual. The problem is, they overlooked the part where the 160N is 2.4 GHz only. This requires a change to the WGA600N wireless bridge settings.

They are correctly instructed to set the WGA600N robot radio to 2.4 GHz on Page 46, instruction 8-a, of Chapter 2, but this mention is not prominently indicated relative to the rest of the instructions. There is no highlighted screenshot indicating this difference. There is no rookie-specific subsection which highlights this important difference. As has been proven by several different otherwise-methodical groups of people following the correct directions, the note is easy to overlook, and time has been unnecessarily wasted because of it.

I'd request that Chapter 2 of the manual be revised to make this 2.4 GHz rookie setting stand out more clearly. At least put it in boldface type! <- I bet this stood out when you read this post.